Library Monthly - Nov. 2016

ATTENTION GENEALOGISTS AND FAMILY HISTORIANS! Our Archives Department has recently cataloged hundreds of letters-to-the-editor of the Malvern Leader, the late Allen Wortman, from local servicemen stationed away from home during WWII. The list for servicemen whose last names start between I through Z will be published in next month’s column. We now have available the following list of those servicemen with last names starting between A through H, along with the number of letters for each serviceman we have on file:
A
Adams, Keith (8); Alberts, Maurice (1); Allen, Ira B. (19); Alley, John (1); Alley, Theo R. (1); Anderson, Alfred (1); Archer, Russell H. (1); Arnold, Donnice M. (1); Atkinson, Theron (2); Atteberry, Elven E. (1)
B
Baer, Bill (5); Baldozier, Clifford (1); Ballain, Myron C. (5); Bare, Kenneth (2); Barns, John R. (1); Beals, John (1); Beals, Robert (1); Bell, Gene K. (3); Bell, Ira (1); Benedict, George J. (2); Bennett, Alfred Leland (6); Benton, A.T. "Tom" (1); Biggerstaff, Clarence A. (3); Biggerstaff, Delmar (3); Bingham (1); Bird, Rolland N. (2); Birdsall, Edward L. (1); Bishop, Marlin LeRoy (1); Blackburn, Carroll M. (1); Boos, Clarence E. (1); Bradbury, Alva (2); Breeding, Garold (2); Brewer, Charles (1); Brown, Elven N. (1); Brumbaugh, Norman (1); Bryan, Dan (4); Buesing, John H. (1); Burgoin, Donald (1); Butterfield, Irwin (1) 
​C
Carlson, Gilbert W. (1); Carlson, J. L. (1); Carson, La Verne (1); Chaney, James (1); Clark, Harold R. (1); Clay, Neil L (1); Conner, Dudley (5); Conner, Richard (5); Conrad, Harry L. (5); Costello, Charles D. (5); Cross, W. (1)
D
 Davis, Delbert (2); Dawson, Joe (34); Dinville, George (2); Donner, Auren R. (2); Dooley, Clarence (1); Dougherty, Dale M. (2); Doyle, Maurice (2)
​E
 Eacrette, L. Roy (2); Eastwood, Donald E. (4); Edding, C.R.H. (1); Edie, D.K. (1); Ellis, Earl J.P. (1); Ellis, Wayne (1); Evans, Robert L. (1) 
F
Fickel, Jack Danley (2); Fickel, Richard (1); Fletcher, Carroll W. (1); Foster, Harry (1)
G
Galliher, Paul L. (1); Gass (Goos?), Darwyn (1); Gearhart, Howard C. (1); Gidley, Tom (1); Gilbert, Dorothy R. (1); Glenn, Wilbur L. (3); Graves, Darby (2); Graves, Ellis Reed (1); Groff, Ora J. (2); Groff, Darrell E. (1)
H
Hall, Charles (1); Hall, Eric (2); Hall, Joe R. (1); Hall, John O. (5); Hall, Raymond (1); Hall, Stewart (2); Hambsch (?), L. Roy (2); Harbor, W.A. (1); Hardy, Orville V. (1); Harold, Virgil E. (1); Haslup, W.G. (1); Hasselquist, Sidney (2); Hatfield, Everett (1); Hatfield, Forrest (1); Hatten, Clyde Jr. (2); Hays, Alvin (2); Hedding, W.A. (1); Henderson, Daniel M. (1); Hensley, Stanley G. (1); Hering, Jack D. (1); Hering, Jim (1); Hertz, Clayton "Bud" (3); Hickman, Marion (2); Hicks, Lloyd (2); Hillyer, Dale (1); Hilton, Harry (1); Himbaugh, H.E. (1); Hites, Elmo (8); Hites, Gladys (1); Hites, Ray (3); Horn, Harold (1); Huey, DeWayne (2); Hummel, Max L. (2); Hutchings, Sam (1)
If you are interested in receiving a copy or copies for your family records, please call the Malvern Public Library at (712) 624-8554 or email us at malvernlibraryia@gmail.com. Our volunteers will make copies for area locals to pick up at the circulation desk. For out-of-towners, copies will be made and mailed. This service is free, but donations will be gladly received.

ANNOUNCEMENTS
You are cordially invited to our first annual “A Christmas Carol Celebration” on December 9th @ 4:00 – 6:00 pm. Come by all dressed in your Victorian best (this, of course, is optional)! Party activities include: a reading from “A Christmas Carol”, our Secret Santa Gift Exchange and Christmas Caroling! Please contact the Malvern Public Library's Director at 712-624-8554 by November 29th if you would like sign up for our Secret Santa gift exchange!